Ken Mogi, born in 1962, is a neuroscientist, writer, and broadcaster based in Tokyo. He has a B.A. in Physics and Law, and Ph.D in Physics, from the University of Tokyo. He has done postdoctoral research in University of Cambridge, U.K. Ken Mogi is a senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo. He has supervised ~10 students to obtain Ph.D at Tokyo Institute of Technology, and given lectures at ~10 universities in and outside Japan. He has published more than 30 papers on cognitive and neurosciences. He has published ~100 books in Japan covering popular science, essay, criticism, self-help, and novels. Ken Mogi published several bestsellers (with close to million copies sold). He was the first Japanese to give a talk at the TED main stage, in 2012 (Long Beach). As a broadcaster, he has hosted a popular NHK program on professionals (interviewing ~100 people from various fields), an art and design show on satellite TV, and a chat show on national radio. Ken Mogi’s first major book in English, The Little Book of IKIGAI (U.K.) and Awakening your IKIGAI (U.S.A), was published in 2017, and has been contracted to be published in 30 countries and in 28 languages. Ken Mogi’s research interests include emotion, memory, artificial intelligence, and consciousness.